Mark Roman

Is My City Gone? #Hollywood #actorslife markromanempire.beehiiv.com/p/is-my-city...

It's not The Terminator. It's The Big Short and Erin Brockovich. #AI

“a previously unknown security vulnerability” is the new “mistakes were made” but with much less accountability

Reading “Enshittification”, which just referenced “Technofeudalism”, my last read. As an expelled student editor I can’t escape the feeling that having any normal human reaction is exceptionally dangerous. #literacy

When I see your Starbucks cup I immediately think: 1. you cross picket lines 2. you own a Tesla. Still. 3. you believe your large language model is Tricia Helfer

David Ferris Ellison managed to murder 60 Minutes in mere months. What's next? Motherhood and apple pie?

I trust Erin Brochovich. Not Jim Cramer. #datacenters

Today's Word is DEFLECT. Thank you Jeff Bezos for your . . . inspiration! #deflect youtu.be/_uDOVm4of18?...

About your AI usage. Look what you made me do. #word www.youtube.com/watch?v=geW4...

Dear eBay: When Down Detector consistently contradicts your own “all green” system status page, it is a large Vegas neon billboard on the 405 screaming to buyers and sellers that eBay is ripe for some snot-nosed Diet Elon Musk, Jr. to sullenly attempt a patently absurd hostile takeover #eBayDown

Is this limited to music? Or does modern American culture utterly and structurally hate any artist who fails the wealth or celebrity audition? #artistlife www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjJr...

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Spikes in last 24 hours of users reporting their ebay, Microsoft Outlook, GitHub, ADP, Chase, AT&T, Spectrum, Verizon & T-Mobile are down. But journalists can't be bothered. Nothing to see here! #journalism downdetector.com

Incredible things happening at OpenAI per @theinformation.com. Sam Altman is rushing the company toward IPO despite his CFO’s concerns about compute spend and revenue growth. Now Sam Altman is leaving her out of financial planning for compute. Perfect! www.theinformation.com/articles/ope...

Feel a moral obligation to watch an episode of For All Mankind tonight #artemis2

I bathe in the tears of Republicans not quite sure which Marvel character William F. Buckley, Jr. is #idiocracy

Any moment now we’ll learn Mr. Beast is Editor-in-Chief of Vanity Fair #EndTimes

Someone you'd be surprised to find in a Depeche Mode concert audience. Alex, Who is Eddie Pepitone #SundayFundayJeopardy

How do I remove ANY & ALL eBay Live from my ebay experience? Asking for a friend . . . #ebay

How do I know your #alogrithm is overpriced bat guano - sans nutrients? I follow Learnmore Jonasi and your intrepid cylon suggests I follow the kid that rhymes with Flat Housewife.

Are you truly a badass free speech attorney? I do not believe you. Not until Learnmore Jonasi reports you've reached out.

Spent 1.5 hours of my Sunday trying to communicate with the company I pay for . . . communication. Had to fight #AI to talk to a human. 3rd human was in the US. 4th human will fwd my concerns to management. Does #TMobile care? @tmobilesupport.bsky.social #CustomerService #profits #plan

Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...

Guess who doesn’t want you to read Sarah’s book? I just finished it. #meta #facebook www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

You mean it's as shitty as agentic "customer service"? Wow. Who knew? p.dw.com/p/528zp

As an expelled student editor on the FBI’s Subversive’s List, I’ll never forgive anyone who took Saudi GOVERNMENT money to blow dry the regime that kidnapped, tortured and murdered the Washington Post’s Jamal Khashoggi. Especially days after Redford died. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

Canada vs. America

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs: 1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt? 2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies? 3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

In light of #RiyadhComedyFestival I find myself even more curious about the late Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I just added this to my #WatchNext: youtu.be/BYKLXx8YB8U?...

Crazy how I can't seem to find any names from the #RiyadhComedyFestival lineup on the #CommitteeForTheFirstAmendment Solidarity Wall www.committeeforthefirstamendment.com

Tesla angry honking at the bus I’m on. #OnBrand

Christopher Hitchens believed religion ruins everything. #AI is jealous, it would seem. Here's the latest example of what @edzitron.com calls the #RotEconomy: #Amazon #CustomerService

What would Robert Redford do? Bill Burr clearly doesn’t give a shit.

If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options: 1-877-447-4487

Image of library book display labeled: “It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.” Books on display: • On Tyranny • Twenty Lessons From The 21st Century • 1984 • A Handmaids Tale • Diary of Anne Frank • Parable of The Sower • Fahrenheit 451 • Animal Farm • Brave New World ~TAiLS of a Bookworm

Texas Bans Being Different Around Children theonion.com/texas-b...

I wrote this 3 months ago. Since then, many more aircraft "mishaps". And #Newark. Oh, and a 3rd fighter jet "fell" off an aircraft carrier. I'm sure it will all get better in another 3 months. Right? markromanempire.beehiiv.com/p/trains-not...

A Fifth of American Adults Can’t Read. Here’s How to Teach Them. www.thefp.com/p/a-fifth-of...

Doug the Head? An unlicensed boxer from a Guy Ritchie film? Why is either Redcoat "defending" our border? #TomHoman www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/p...

Consumers reported being less likely to patronize companies using: AI customer service representatives (50%) studyfinds.org/ai-making-am...

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